Pershing Chatter Vol. 22 No. 6, Mar 31, 1954 Pages 1 & 4

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THE PERSHING CHATTER

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CHATTER

Published By the Journalism Club of John J. Pershing Junior High School

Tryouts for Pershing’s 1954
track team will he started in the
very near future. The team will be
divided into two units, the younger
team and the older group. These
teams are not classified as the A
and B teams, but as two separate
divisions.

Volume 22

HOUSTON, TEXAS, JANUARY, 1954

Number 4

Honor Society Receive Awards

Mr Orman Speaks ASSCmblj

The teams will be divided as fol¬
lows: those boys who have reached
the age .of 14 as of September 1,
will be in the older group. Those
who have not reached this age as
of this date will be placed in the
younger group. Any boy in Per¬
shing may try out.

Besides track events, shotput,
broadjump, and hignjump may al¬
so be tried out for. Everyone is
urged to try for the team.

American Legion Representatives
Make Presentations To Winners

The High Nine Banquet was held
in the school cafeteria on January
20. The banquet was a combination
dinner and dance. Those attending
the banquet were members of the
four high nine registrations, Fun-
chess, Vaught, Meisner, and Ferrell.

Mr. Ratliff introduced the guest
speaker, Mr. Clarence Oi'man, re¬
tired principal of Pershing. Special
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Orman,
Mr. and Mrs. Ratliff, Mr. and Mrs.
Denson and Mrs. McKinley.

Buddy Lacy was toastmaster and
Walter Conrad

Buddy Lacy and Betty Hart were awarded the American
Legion medals for honor students by members of the Ameri¬
can Legion in a special assembly program, Monday, January
19, in the school auditorium. Runners-up for these awards
were Richard Tinsley and Julie Souchek.

It has been the custom of the :

American Legion, for a number °f I) HP A I'll FI 1

years, to award medals of merit to | , i I 13J1S 1 3,1101

the outstanding boy and girl of *

each graduating class in the Hous- P ' T ' A ; has recent ‘y announced

ton Junior High Schools. The selec- that - a pane l d ' seu ? 10 " wiu be

tion of the winners is made on the raa,n tople of theu ' 2 ««et-

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basis of specific qualifications. A . ... .

rp, . . . . . The panel will be made up oi

These qualifications include sehol- _

, three women, Mrs. Renord White,

arship, honor, courage, leadersh.p, Mrs R H> Fore , and Mrs, J. L. Kil-

len. They will talk on the mterest-

Buddy Lacy, the son of Mr. and in g subject, “P.T.A. Keeps Faith
Mrs. O. M. Lacy, 3722 Elmora, is a With America.”
scholarship student with many hon- The last meeting was held Jail¬
ors to his credit. He was president uai T 5 > in the school auditorium. The
of the high nine class, twice presi- Invocation was given %>y Joe Wall,
dent of his homeroom, and a mem- The guest speaker of the evening
ber of the Honor Society. Buddy was Judge Spurgeon Bell. He spoke
has also been active in sports here on Enveloping Civic Responsibility."
at the school, having lettered in In his s P eech he advised the parents
football for the ’53 season. to make themselves a part of their

children’s activities and to make

Betty Hart, the girl’s legion win- the children a part of their aetivi-
ner, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ties.

J. L. Hart of 4814 Linden. Betty Parents of high sixth grade stu-
has also been outstanding during dents coming to Pershing at mid-
her three years here at Pershing, term were invited to attend the
Besides her many scholarships, she meeting. After Judge Bell’s speech,
has been cheerleader, sweetheart of Mrs. McKinley gave them a word
her homeroom and class gym lead¬
er. Being an active member and
officer in the Student Council .Bet¬
ty has helped with the many duties
and projects of that .organization.

Julie Souchek, runner up for
girls is the daughter of Mr .and
Mrs. W. E. Souchek, who live at
6642 Rutgers. Julie was secretary
of the Student Council, class leader
in gym and chairman of her alge¬
bra class. She was also a member
of the National Honor Society and
has six scholarships to her credit.

Richard Tinsley, one of Pershing’s
most popular athletes, was out¬
standing in both the field of sports
and in his scholastic work. Richard,
the runner up for the boy’s Ameri¬
can Legion Award, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tinsley of
8819 Link Meadow.

GOOD SEASON
FOR “A” TEAM

As the basketball season nears
its end, we find that Pershing is
holding its own in the race for city
championship.

The big boys, A team, has scored
six victories out of nine games
played. They defeated Marshall,
Burbank, Hogg, Hamilton, Deady
(twice) and had two more games to
play when the CHATTER went to
press. These were with Johnston
and Edison.

The small boys, B team, have al¬
so set a good record for themselyes
this season.

BUDDY LACY
Legion Winner

BETTY HART
Legion Winner

Our B team is composed of Don
Eastwood, Lee Raesener, J. Taylor,
Bill Richardson, Robert Allred, Bob
Jenkins, Jim Fox, Bill Batjer, Butch
Baynes, Joel Mathis, Hal Hilburn,
Jim Berly, Gene Marshal, Ben

■ave the invocation
which was followed by the Sextet
singing the “Lord’s Prayer.” Carol

Pershing 61—Marshall 43
Pershing 43—Burbank 42
Pershing 61—Hogg 38
Pershing 52—Hamilton 32
Pershing 49—Deady 44
Pershing 34—Edison 53
Pershing 42—Deady 32
Pershing 38—Jackson 44
Pershing 31—Lanier 41
Pershing —Johnston

Pershing —Edison

Richard Tinsley (Pershing) and Robert Eldred (Deady) jump for the
ball as Pershing gets off to a good start in the Deady game.

—Photo by Harvey Wheeler.

Girls’ passball intramurals begin
January 8 and are still in progress.
The eighth and ninth grades have
completed their finals with Mrs.
Johnson’s girls the winners of the
eighth grade and Mr. Ridley’s team
the winner of the ninth grade.

The seventh grade games have
not been completed but so far the
following teams are winners having
won their preliminary games: Ear¬
ly, Evans, Hansen, McLure and La-
Verne.

Passball is a game which helps
to prepare girls for basketball. The
object of the game is to pass and
dribble the ball around the court
and receive points by catching the
ball behind the goal line. Miss No-
ack, of the girls’ P.E. department, is
in charge of the passball intramur-
als.

Compliments of

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JULIE SOUCHEK
Legion Runner Up

RICHARD TINSLEY
Legion Runner Up

The annual Sweetheart Dance
will be given on February 12, in
the school cafeteria by the Fu¬
ture Homemakers Club.

This year there will be a formal
Tea Dance from 4:30 to 6:30 P.M,
for the seventh grade at which
time the seventh grade sweetheart
will be presented. Then a Formal
Dance will be given from 8 to
10:30 P.M. for the eighth and
ninth graders. The eighth and
ninth grade sweethearts will be
announced at this dance.

The sweethearts will be selected
from the candidates elected from,
each homeroom prior to the dances.

° . Approximately 190 future Low Seven students from West

’ °^ e j| 0f ltS University, Roberts, Mark Twain, Horn, Condit, Will Rogers,

; now and Cunningham elementary schools got their first good look

m F. ustm ^ poking last Tuesday, January 19, at 12:30

.. After being received in the auditorium, the new students

iat when she were extended a welcome by : "

she planned Mrs. McKinley, P e r S h i n g’s number, “Hey, Pedro.” The new
Jr. Clarence counselor. John Riggs, the pres- students were then introduced to
;ipal at the ident of the student council, Mr. Ratliff, Mr. Denson and the
teacher out served as master of ceremonies office staff. Tom Mayor then intro-
for a program that began with the duced members of the Chatter staff
, „ band playing “Washington Post and student- Council; this was fol-

l.owed by a short talent show. The |
students, with student council mem-
bers serving as guides, then toured}
the building and met their future
teachers.

Each of them received a booklet
in which they found the following
information: names of the teachers,

I room numbers, and the subject they
1—h; members of the office staff, I
Chatter staff, and Student Council, titled “Choosin;

There was also a map of the school, raphy.”
activities, lunch periods, grades, re¬
ports, library rules, and general Both films
practices. This orientation marked looking v
the beginning of three years as fore choosin;

Pershing Pandas, during which your life’s 1
time it is hoped that each will en¬
joy the pleasure which comes with to talk with a person
success. experience in the field you

• The students coming from West choosen. Since your occupation is
University are: Sue Blankinship, one of the most important things
Bob Foxworth, James Hammond, in your life,

Kathie Malick, Georgia Reynolds, have talent or interest in your
(Continued on Page 5) cupation.

Basketball practice in the girls’ gym.
—Photo by Harvey Wheeler.

Breen’s Flowers

IN THE VILLAGE

CORSAGES

Football Dance
Honors Players

The Football Dance, honoring the
Pershing 1.953 football team and the
cheerleaders, was held Friday, Jan¬
uary 15, 7:30 to 10:00 p.m., in the
school cafeteria.

The dance was sponsored by the
Student Council. A large crowd at¬
tended and a good time was had
by all.

STUDENT PRICES

I will feel lost without the wonder-

ful people, both faculty and stu- * lOjCCllOTl DOyb
dents, at Pershing. I will especially A J 7 7 1#

miss my homeroom and my classes UCu LvILCi O

and I hope that they will continue The Projection Club has announced
to do the good work that they have the names of the high nine boys

done and are capable of doing. I , ,, .

, ... , -r. , . ... .. , who will receive letters and certiii-

h.ope that Pershing will continue to

excel in all fields as it has done in ca ^ es - They are: Hands Milam, Lane i teach

the past.” . Powell, and Larry Fann. These boys

,, _ . , have done very fine projection club

Mrs. Carmical added that she , ... , ^ .

, , , . . , work while at Pershing,

hoped to see her friends often and

would be glad to have them drop T , ha members have

, , , , .,1 qualified for operators cards: Rufus

by to see her whenever possible. __ , T T 1 . _ _ _ ..

Hooks, John Jamison, Barry Madden,

On behalf of the Pershing fac- Ernest Alexander, EddiJ Crowe, Ar-

ulty and Pershing students, the lan Ferguson, Don Strong, Clifford

Chatter Staff wishes the best of Anderson, Gerry Hale, Phillip Smith,

luck and success, complete with all John Williams, and Ray Wright.

the trimmings to Mrs. Carmical, The Club is sure these boys will

who has come to be a part of Per- make fine projectionists.

shing. We are going to miss her The Projection Club will elect of-

and our school will never be the ficers for the spring semester on

same without her. Tuesday, January 12.

Two films on how to choose your SJ@@

vocation were presented in the audi-

torium program on January 7. One UYltt&Y fr £fIf

film was entitled “Choosing a Career _

The annual Spelling Bee is un-
in Music” and the other was en- der way with sevent h and eighth

grade homerooms busy having eli¬
mination contest to determine the
winners from their rooms.

The contest is sponsored by the
Houston Press and the prize for
ig that particular job as the Houston area winner is a free
work. One of the best tri p to Washington D. C.
ways of choosing your vocation is After homeroom winnei's have
who has had been selected, eliminations will be
have made by half grades.

All homerooms must turn in the
names of their three contestants
you must be sure you by February 5, to Mrs. Mattie Mae
oc- Lewis, who will sponsor the Spell¬
ing Bee.

a Career in Photog

SWEETHEART

Stitt

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